History of Herpetological Conservation and Biology 
Dawning of Herpetological Conservation and Biology: A Special Introduction to Your New Journal (2006)
Inception of a new journal in herpetology is a rare event. The first discussion of developing a journal with an emphasis on natural history and conservation occurred among a subset of us (McCallum, others), while at the 2005 joint annual meeting of the SSAR/HL/ASIH in Tampa, Florida. Some of the initial questions we posed for a new herpetological journal were as follows: (1) is there a need; (2) audience; and (3) support? If any one of these did not exist, then the concept should be abandoned or modified. We critically examined these questions through discussions with many individuals and informal surveys performed on the Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC) listserver and other forums. Early on, it was obvious to us that there was strong demand for an outlet serving natural history, field ecology and conservation studies, especially descriptive investigations and management case studies that appeared to lack a home in other journals. The road traveled since those discussions has been fast paced, culminating in this 2006 launch of Herpetological Conservation and Biology.
Herpetological Conservation and Biology: A Successful First Year (2007)
How does one measure the success of a new journal? With traditional journals, societies can point to current membership trends, institutional subscriptions, and/or citation indices. Success can, for instance, be inferred by whether or not membership in a society is increasing or decreasing. For an online, open-access journal such as ours, however, there is no distinguished society to join. In fact, Herpetological Conservation and Biology has no user fees whatsoever! So why would a researcher ever consider submitting a manuscript to a new, unproven, online journal? The objective of this editorial is to reveal various statistics pertaining to the users of Herpetological Conservation and Biology. These statistics will enable potential authors to make informed decisions about publishing in our online open-access journal. For instance, our website statistics reveal that, in just 12 months, visitors have downloaded the 32 papers published thus far a total of 25,749 times.
Herpetological Conservation and Biology: Milestones (2009)
With this second issue of Volume 4 of Herpetological Conservation and Biology, we have accomplished a few more milestones. First, as of this issue, we are growing from two to three issues per year. Our continued success is the direct result of your acceptance, submissions, and participation – authors, editors, reviewers, and readers alike. For this, we thank you. The world is changing. I cannot remember the last time I received a reprint request by "snail mail." Instead, they arrive by e-mail now. These days, most of our colleagues want virtually instantaneous access to a PDF rather than a hard copy reprint. Today, I could easily carry my entire reference library of 3,000+ research papers on a flash drive in my pocket. I have begun to wonder about the office space consumed by my two filing cabinets of reprints. Still, I like having the hard copies…if only for nostalgic reasons.
Herpetological Conservation and Biology: Metamorphosis (2010)
Throughout the first five years of Herpetological Conservation and Biology, our website changed continuously. Being a new online journal, we repeatedly tried different looks, themes, and formats. The end result, however, was a website that clearly lacked a cohesive identity!
Herpetological Conservation and Biology to be Included in Journal Citation Reports (2010)
The Governing Board of Herpetological Conservation and Biology is pleased to announce that we received the following correspondence from Thomson-Reuters: "...I am happy to inform you that your journal "Herpetological Conservation and Biology" has been selected for coverage in the following Thomson
Reuters products: Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology& Environmental Sciences, JCR, and SCIE..."